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From Mecca to the Moon: How Turkey is trying to become a player in space

As Turkey prepares its 2027 mission to the Moon, Ankara is navigating global rivalries and tapping Somalia’s space heritage to achieve technological independence

The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion - it's time the West woke up

Marco Carnelos

Turkey condemns deployment of space weapons after American weapons reach orbit

Europe's most powerful party is stoking a Muslim scare

Farid Hafez

Iran used Chinese satellite images for attack on US base in Jordan, says report

Xi’s Egypt visit tests Cairo’s balancing act

Why China-Egypt cooperation has nothing to do with great-power rivalry

Nelson Wong

US satellite imagery restrictions leave journalists in the dark on Iran and Gaza

How will Iran respond to Trump's 'economic D-Day'?

Shahir Shahidsaless

Iran’s late supreme leader Khamenei buried in Mashhad after week-long funeral

How China's BYD saw its $1bn Turkey EV plant deal unravel

In Berlin’s Open Kitchen, migrants and locals build community one dish at a time

Pope Leo XIV wants to disarm AI. Its developers want to win the race

Marco Carnelos

Trump's war on Iran is a Suez moment - but not in the way you might think

Dan Glazebrook

Mandelson links to former head of Israel's military intelligence directorate revealed

Iran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoning

David Hearst

Trump went to Beijing to talk Iran. He came back empty-handed

Marco Carnelos

Trump says Beijing opposes Iranian toll in Hormuz, as Chinese vessels exit waterway

Chinese-linked ships cross Strait of Hormuz on eve of Trump-Xi meeting

Trade disputes, Taiwan and Iran war: Can US and China reach a consensus?

Nelson Wong

Pakistan's new clout puts it at centre of fragile geopolitical web

Kathy Gannon